Sunday, August 14, 2011

New TTC's subway trains on the Yonge-University-Spadina Subway

Had a chance today to ride the new TTC Rocket from Dundas to Bloor station.
The cars are clean, more spacious, but I think it's because of less seats. Bright inside, clear warning announcements, although I've found door chimes a bit too loud. Passengers can move between cars freely (see the pics).

The TTC electronic info map inside cars did not work. It should show where the train is, i.e. which station. Also, the audio announcements, what station is next did not work either. However, the train is quieter, and the ride is smoother.

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Played violin and went to some state competitions in theory of music when I was in primary school. Secondary School was a Mathematics Gymnasium, with calculus and real analysis fully introduced when I was 16. Later completed Electrical Engineering studies, majoring in Electrical Power Systems. I also studied Astronomy, for one year. Got involved in aviation recently, from reading "serious" aerodynamics and CFD, to flying Cessna 172M as a training. I like to travel. I have a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. I have worked as an Electrical Engineer, Software Developer (Windows, C++, C#, .NET, SQL Server) and as a Senior Technical Systems Analyst in several areas, Energy Markets, Commodity, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Electricity Trading, as a team lead for developing numerical routines in Quantitative Finance, and as a Senior Software Developer of Mass Spectrometry systems. Also, worked on one independent movie project, in various roles, script supervisor, actor, lighting engineer.